Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Judee Sill
A brief heart-breaking relationship with singer/songwriter J. D. Souther inspired Judee to write this song.
Judee Sill (1944-1979)
She doesn’t look like it but Sill was a rebel child.
Sent to Reform School as a teenager for forging cheques, and later to prison for possession of heroin, she decided...
[Intro]
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down fly in low for me
One time I trusted a stranger
'Cause I heard his sweet song
And it was gently enticing me
Though there was something wrong
But when I turned he was gone
[Chorus 1]
Blinding me, his song remains, reminding me
He's a bandit and a heart breaker
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
[Post-Chorus]
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down fly in low for me
He wages war with the devil
A pistol by his side
And though he chases him out windows
And won't give him a place to hide
He keeps his door open wide
[Chorus 2]
Fighting him, he lights a lamp inviting him
He's a bandit and a heart breaker
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
[Post-Chorus]
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down fly in low for me
[Verse 3]
I heard the thunder come rumbling
The light never looked so dim
I see the junction get nearer
And danger is in the wind
And either road's looking grim
[Chorus 3]
Hiding me, earthly desire dividing me
He's a bandit and a heart breaker
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Yes, Jesus was a cross maker
[Post-Chorus]
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down fly in low for me
[Verse 1]
One time I trusted a stranger
'Cause I heard his sweet song
And it was gently enticing me
Though there was something wrong
But when I turned he was gone
[Chorus 1]
Blinding me, his song remains, reminding me
He's a bandit and a heart breaker
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Yes, Jesus was a cross maker
[Outro]
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Yes, Jesus was a cross maker
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Yes, Jesus was a cross maker
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Yes, Jesus was a cross maker...
Jesus Was a Cross Maker was written by Judee Sill.
Jesus Was a Cross Maker was produced by Graham Nash.
Judee Sill released Jesus Was a Cross Maker on Fri Oct 01 1971.